Monday, 22 December 2014

Above: Black Rock last week at around 6:30pm, looking a tad dramatic and quite lovely.

Above: A painting, a print of another painting and objects in front. More is more I say.

Above: look carefully and you will see my new studio companion. A tiny tiny mouse on the bookshelf. He wasn't shy either: he came forward and said hello a few times. He also did some poo on my books, which was less appealing. I think we need a studio cat.

Above: I found an old piece of work behind a bookshelf (at home). Some spots of mildew on it, but I don't mind it, and am actually quite impressed by the trouble I went to with the drapery. (Not so the hands: but what else is new?!)

Above: a few things on the wall of the studio, photo taken this morning when the eastern sun was coming in through the left. The soup-making photo on the right is the work of Irving Penn.

Wow!! I am really proud to have my work featured in Craft's online summer catalogue promotion. Great house, too.....Apart from being in the company of some extremely talented makers, being accepted by the fraternity of Craft Victoria means a great deal to me. Thank you very much Sarah, Leesa and everyone else at Craft!
Photos by Hilary Walker. (Sorry about the cropping....)

Thursday, 4 December 2014

The Design Files Open House 2014 is -- well -- OPEN! It is a huge privilege to be involved in Lucy Feagins' incredibly ambitious project of bringing her beautiful blog to life, AND for the fourth year running. (Fifth if you count Sydney 2013 separately!) The colour palette this year is particularly interesting, and there's plenty of great art and handmade metal, perspex, glass and ceramic items. Hooray for Lucy's ongoing support for us little makers! Photos above are taken from Eve Wilson's, see more here.

Above: the sum total of items I have made for Open House this year. All acrylic on wood. (The relative sizes are not shown correctly, more details here.) I had a fantastic time at the opening last night. SOOO great to meet Helen Bayley from Lovestarand Emma Lipscombe, who came all the way from Brisbane and Perth respectively, just for the event. (I came from two streets away so it made me appreciate how great our city is all the more!) I also got to chat with the lovely Georgia Perry, a recent immigrant from Sydney, and again appreciated how supportive we Melbourne creative types are of one another, especially through bodies likeCraft Victoria. Don't take it for granted!!
I did however make a bit of a crazy fan idiot of myself upon meeting my gardening idol Georgina Reid. I may never live it down. I hope she really was just tired and needed to change her shoes....

Monday, 1 December 2014

These tiny portraits -- 10 x 10cm each -- will be part of curator/ artist Jo Grant'sannual group exhibition Home Showthis weekend in Port Fairy. Last year's was a great success, and I reckon this year's will be too. I recommend that you pop by if you are in the area!

Home Show
1 Avery Street
Port Fairy
Saturday December 6 - Sunday December 7
Open from 10am to 3pm daily

Hello!

This blog is both a record of my work and an attempt to contribute to the vast inspiration that thousands of other creative people have given me via the internet.
I worked for many years in the fashion industry, designing prints, textiles and developing products for children. I now work as a freelance illustrator and make a variety of work under my own name. Some of the things that I make can be found in my etsy shop and in galleries and stores around Australia.